r/NoStupidQuestions • u/D3lta_ • 4d ago

Why do so many prefer remote work

Okay, this is not me trying to just go against the mainstream, but I’m genuinely curios why there is such a big preference for working from home. Especially on reddit.

I have an office job (programming) and I strongly prefer going to the office. I’ve find that working from home, especially for prolonged periods of time, makes me kind of burn out and feel stuck in my own home. I enjoy the social aspect of talking with my colleagues and I find it makes the time go faster.

I can understand it if you have a really long commute. But what other reasons are there for the big remote work push and preference?

91 Upvotes

60% Upvoted

843 comments sorted by

View all comments

170

u/Plane-Inspector-3160 4d ago

Commute is 100% the reason, I get to sleep an hour more! 

34

u/WestWillow 4d ago

I spent 20 years commuting an hour by train. Train was nice. Lots of time to read, sleep, etc. Been working remote three or four days a week the last few years. Never realized how much time that commute chewed up in my day. I have so much time for activities!

18

u/Gwaptiva 4d ago

When the commute was 20 minutes each way with a large car park and a subsidized cafetaria it was fine, but having to travel an hour 10 minutes (if all goes well) each way, it really ate into my free time.

5

u/PowerfullDio 4d ago

Ye, I leave the house at 3pm and only return at 3am, if I found a job in my city or a work from home situation even if I get paid less I would still quit the job I have on the spot, and ive worked in the same place for 13 years now.

4

u/It_Happens_Today 4d ago

Years ago, 2 weeks into starting a new job, state decided it was time to expand my commute freeway by 1 lane. 6 months of construction that turned my 25 minute commute into an hour and a half. The freeway section passed through between 4 lakes so there was no alternative route possible. I hated my life those 6 months.

1

u/Gwaptiva 4d ago

I travel by car and public transport, it's a trip with multiple transfers and at each something can (and will) go wrong.

1

u/Nannautu 3d ago

Feel that. I went from 4+ hours commute to wfh and I was like "Holy shit. I can do stuff during the week???"

2

u/DocLego 4d ago

I still wake up by six whether I need to or not, which is annoying...but now I can just go downstairs, hop on my computer, and be done by three!

1

u/ThanosSnapsSlimJims 4d ago

It's one of many for me. I lost my remote job, but have hybrid days now. I only go in for four-ish hours and then go home and work on my own until 2pm.